Environment

With torrential rains exacerbating Pakistani floods, UN ramps up food and health aid

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People in Sindh and elsewhere in Pakistan face floods again

EU court bans honey contaminated by GE crops

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Permanent nuclear shutdown in Japan possible by 2012

Japan can switch off all nuclear plants permanently by 2012 and still achieve both economic recovery and its CO2 reduction goals, according to a new Greenpeace report. Released today, the Advanced Energy [R]evolution report for Japan (1), shows how...

GLOBAL: Food and nutrition jargon buster

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A WFP food distribution depot in Dungu, in Haut Uele district, DRC